{"id":33029,"date":"2016-04-25T14:17:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=33029"},"modified":"2016-04-25T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:17:45","slug":"power-of-one-byu-grad-hopes-to-help-solve-big-problem-in-refugee-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/04\/power-of-one-byu-grad-hopes-to-help-solve-big-problem-in-refugee-camps.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Power of one: BYU grad hopes to help solve big problem in refugee camps&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33030\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/04\/749px-Amman_Jordan_-_8501160259.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33030\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-33030\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/04\/749px-Amman_Jordan_-_8501160259.jpg\" alt=\"A typical street in Amman\" width=\"598\" height=\"478\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street in Amman, Jordan. This nation has been severely stressed by the Iraqi and Syrian refugee crises. \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Have you wondered what you might do to help refugees, to rise to the challenge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lds.org\/general-conference\/2016\/04\/i-was-a-stranger?lang=eng\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the \u201cI was a stranger\u201d effort<\/a> recently announced\u00a0by the Church?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do you live in Parowan, or in Bountiful, or even in deepest Orem, where no such refugees are to be seen?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do you think \u201cI\u2019m only one person. \u00a0What can <em>I<\/em> do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865652875\/Power-of-one-BYU-grad-hopes-to-help-solve-big-problem-in-refugee-camps.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This<\/a> is an inspiring story, and it may give you an idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865652875\/Power-of-one-BYU-grad-hopes-to-help-solve-big-problem-in-refugee-camps.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865652875\/Power-of-one-BYU-grad-hopes-to-help-solve-big-problem-in-refugee-camps.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Laralee Nelson for calling it to my attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Posted from Amman, Jordan<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Have you wondered what you might do to help refugees, to rise to the challenge of the \u201cI was a stranger\u201d effort recently announced\u00a0by the Church? \u00a0 Do you live in Parowan, or in Bountiful, or even in deepest Orem, where no such refugees are to be seen? \u00a0 Do you think \u201cI\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Power of one: BYU grad hopes to help solve big problem in refugee camps&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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